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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Dear Listmembers, The tree planting story/topos (whether literally true or not)can be found in sixteenth century England. It is said that John Feckenham, the Abbot of the restored Westminster Abbey under Queen Mary I was supervising the planting of trees at the abbey when, in 1559, the commissioners of Queen Elizabeth I arrived to close down the foundation again. He told the workmen to continue their work - the implication being that the abbey would survive to the future - which happily it has, both as a building and as a Benedictine foundation, which eventually returned to England and was re-established at Ampleforth in Yorkshire. John Whitehead __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html